JP4339360B2 - Wireless communication system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for receiving a service in a mobile terminal from a network in a wireless communication system, the method comprising establishing a first radio bearer and receiving a first service associated with the first radio bearer and receiving second radio bearer setup information from the network to establish a second radio bearer for receiving a second service associated with the second radio bearer. The mobile terminal prioritizes between the first service associated with the first radio bearer and the second service associated with the second radio bearer and determines whether the mobile terminal is able to receive a higher prioritized service if the second radio bearer is established. Furthermore, the mobile terminal retains the higher prioritized service.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication system, and more particularly, to a wireless communication system and method for transmitting and receiving multimedia broadcast / multicast services.

  In recent years, mobile communication systems have been dramatically developed. However, in high-capacity data communication services, wireless systems have not yet achieved the performance provided by wired communication systems. Accordingly, countries around the world are promoting the development of technology for a mobile communication system, IMT-2000, which enables mass data communication, and are cooperating with each other to standardize the technology.

  UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems) is a third generation mobile communication system that evolved from the European standard GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), and is based on GSM core network and WCDMA (Wideband Code C code). The goal is to provide improved mobile communication services.

  In December 1998, ETSI in Europe, ARIB / TTC in Japan, T1 in the US, and TTA in Korea for the UMTS standardization work, the third generation mobile communication system standardization project (Third Generation Partnership Project: 3GPP) A detailed standard specification (Specification) of UMTS is being created up to now. In 3GPP, the standardization work of UMTS is divided into five technical specification groups (TSGs) in consideration of the independence of network components and their operations.

  Each TSG is responsible for developing, approving, and managing standards within the relevant area, of which the Radio Access Network (RAN) Group (TSG RAN) supports WCDMA connection technology in UMTS. To develop standards for functions, requirements and interfaces of UTRAN (UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network), which is a new wireless connection network.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a structure of a conventional UMTS network 1. Referring to FIG. 1, the UMTS includes a user equipment (UE or terminal) 10, a UTRAN 100, and a core network (CN) 200. The The UE 10 is connected to the core network 200 via the UTRAN 200. The UTRAN 100 configures and maintains and manages a radio access bearer (RAB) for calls between the UE 10 and the core network 200 to satisfy end-to-end quality of service (QoS) requirements.

  The UTRAN 100 includes a plurality of radio network subsystems (RNS) 110 and 120, and each RNS 110 and 120 includes a radio network controller (Radio Network) for a plurality of base stations or Node Bs 112 and 113. Controller: RNC) 111. The RNC 111 connected to predetermined Node Bs 112 and 113 means a control RNC in charge of allocation and management of shared resources provided to the UE 10 operating in one cell. The control RNC 111 controls traffic load, cell congestion, and admission of new radio links. Each Node B 112 and 113 receives an uplink signal from the UE 10 and transmits a downlink signal to the UE 10. Each Node B 112 and 113 serves as an access point for connecting the UE 10 and the UTRAN 100, and the RNC 111 serves as an access point for connecting the Node B and the core network 200.

  The interface between the UE 10 and the UTRAN 100 is realized by a radio interface protocol set according to the 3GPP radio access network standard. FIG. 2 illustrates a conventional radio interface protocol structure used in UMTS. Referring to FIG. 2, the radio interface protocol is horizontally divided into a physical layer, a data link layer, and a network layer. Vertically, it is divided into a user plane for data signal transmission and a control plane for control signal transmission. The user plane is an area for transferring user traffic information such as voice signals and IP packets, and the control plane is an area for handling control information for maintaining and managing the interface. The protocol layer of FIG. 2 is divided into a first layer L1, a second layer L2, and a third layer L3 based on the lower three layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model known in the art.

  The first layer L1, that is, a physical layer (PHY), provides an information transfer service to an upper layer using various wireless transmission technologies. The physical layer is connected to an upper layer medium access control (MAC) layer. The MAC layer and the PHY layer exchange data through a transmission channel.

  The second layer L2 includes the MAC layer, a radio link control (RLC) layer, a broadcast / multicast control (BMC) layer, and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP). Composed of layers. The MAC layer of the second layer L2 provides a MAC parameter assignment service for radio resource assignment and reassignment, and is connected to an RLC layer, which is an upper layer, through a logical channel. Various logical channels are provided depending on the type of transmission information. In general, a control channel is used when transmitting control plane information, and a traffic channel is used when transmitting user plane information.

  The RLC layer of the second layer L2 supports reliable data transfer, and performs a function of dividing and concatenating a plurality of RLC service data units (SDUs) transferred from an upper layer. The size of the RLC SDU is adjusted according to the processing capacity of the RLC layer, and a header is added to form a protocol data unit (PDU) and transferred to the MAC layer.

  The SDU and PDU transferred from the upper layer are stored in the RLC buffer of the RLC layer. The RLC service is used by a service-specific protocol layer (service-specific protocol layer) of the user plane, that is, a BMC layer and a PDCP layer, and a radio resource control (RRC) layer for signal transmission of the control plane Used by.

  The BMC layer schedules cell broadcast messages (hereinafter referred to as CB messages) transferred from the core network 200, and broadcasts these CB messages to UEs 10 located in specific cells. A header information such as a message ID, serial number, and coding scheme is added to the CB message to generate a BMC message, which is then transferred to the RLC layer.

  The RLC layer adds RLC header information and transfers the message formed as described above to the MAC layer using a CTCH (Common Traffic Channel) that is a logical channel. The MAC layer maps the CTCH to a FACH (Forward Access Channel) that is a transport channel. The transport channel is mapped to an S-CCPCH (Secondary Common Control Physical Channel) which is a physical channel.

  The PDCP layer is used to efficiently transmit data over a relatively narrow bandwidth wireless interface. The PDCP layer uses a network protocol such as IPv4 or Ipv6 and a header compression technique for removing unnecessary control information used in a wired network. The PDCP layer improves transmission efficiency by including only necessary information in the header in transmission.

  The RRC layer manages signals on the control plane of the network layer L3 between the UE 10 and the UTRAN 100, and controls a transport channel and a physical channel for setting, reconfiguring, and releasing a radio bearer (RB). The RB service is a service provided by a lower layer such as an RLC layer or a MAC layer for data transmission between the UE 10 and the UTRAN 100.

  The setting of the RB means setting the parameters and operation method of the service by defining the protocol layer and channel characteristics necessary for providing the specific service. When the connection is established between the RRC layer of the specific UE 10 and the RRC layer of the UTRAN 100 and transmission is possible, it is said that the UE 10 is in the RC connection state, and when the connection is not set, the UE 10 is in the idle state. That is.

  The RLC layer is included in the user plane or the control plane depending on the connected upper layer. For example, if the RLC layer is part of the control plane, data is received from the RRC layer. In other cases, the RLC layer is part of the user plane.

  A specific radio bearer used for exchanging RRC messages and NAS messages between the terminal and the UTRAN 100 is referred to as a signaling radio bearer (SRB). When the SRB is set between the specific terminal and the UTRAN 100, an RRC connection exists between the terminal and the UTRAN 100. A terminal in which the RRC connection is formed is said to be in the RRC connection mode (or state), and a terminal in which no RRC connection is formed is in the idle mode (or state). When the terminal is in the RRC connection mode, the RNC confirms and manages the position of the corresponding terminal on a cell basis. When the terminal enters the RRC connection mode, the RNC transmits a signaling message to the UTRAN 100. The terminal in the RRC connection mode is further divided into a CELL_DCH mode, a CELL_PCH mode, a URA_PCH mode, and a CELL_FACH mode.

  For a UE in the idle state, the URA_PCH mode, or the CELL_PCH mode, power consumption is reduced using a discontinuous reception (DRX) scheme. In the DRX scheme, the terminal discontinuously receives a SCCPCH (Secondary Common Control Physical Channel) to which a PICH (Paging Indicator Channel) and a PCH (Paging Channel) are mapped. The UE is in a sleep mode during a time period when no PICH or SCCPCH is received. The UE is activated for each discontinuous reception period length (DRX cycle length) and receives PI (Paging Indicator) of the PICH channel.

  The terminal in the RRC connection state may further form a signaling connection with the core network 200. This signaling connection means a path for exchanging control messages between the terminal and the core network 200. The RRC connection mode means a connection between the terminal and the UTRAN 100. Accordingly, the terminal notifies the core network 200 of its location or requests a specific service using the signaling connection. The terminal needs to be in the RRC connection mode to acquire the signaling connection.

  Hereinafter, a multimedia broadcast / multicast service (Multimedia Broadcast / Multicast Service: hereinafter referred to as MBMS or MBMS service) will be described. MBMS refers to a method for providing streaming or background service to a plurality of UEs 10 using a downlink dedicated MBMS radio bearer. The MBMS radio bearer can use a point-to-multipoint radio bearer service and a point-to-point radio bearer service.

  As can be seen from the name, MBMS can be executed in broadcast mode or multicast mode. The broadcast mode is a mode for transmitting multimedia data to all UEs in a broadcast area, for example, a domain where a broadcast service can be used. The multicast mode is a mode for transmitting multimedia data to a specific UE group in a multicast area, for example, a domain where a multicast service can be used.

  FIG. 3 shows an MBMS service process in the multicast mode. Here, it indicates that the UMTS network provides a specific MBMS service (first service) using the multicast mode, and indicates that the terminal (UE1) receives the specific service (the first service).

  When the UMTS network 1 provides a specific MBMS service using the multicast mode, the UE 10 to which the service is provided needs to first perform a subscription procedure for setting a relationship between the service provider and each UE 10. . Thereafter, the subscriber UE 10 confirms the subscription and receives a service announcement including a list of services to be provided from the core network 200.

  The subscriber UE 10 notifies the core network 200 of its intention to receive the service by “joining” the multicast group of the UE that receives the specific MBMS service. Terminating the participation in the service is called “leaving”. Each UE can perform the joining, joining and leaving processes at any time before, during or after data transmission.

  During the service of a specific MBMS, one or more service sessions are sequentially generated. When data is generated by the MBMS data source, the core network 200 notifies the RNC 111 of the start of a session, and when the data transmission is interrupted, the core network 200 notifies the RNC of the session interruption. Therefore, the data transmission for the specific MBMS service is performed between the session start and the session interruption, and only the participating UE 10 can receive the data at the time.

  In order to succeed in data transmission, the UTRAN 100 receives a session start notification from the core network 200 and transmits an MBMS notification to the participating UEs 10 in a predetermined cell, thereby notifying that the data transmission is imminent. The UTRAN 100 counts the number of participating UEs 10 in the predetermined cell using the MBMS notification. In particular, the UTRAN 100 can execute a function of counting the number of terminals that intend to receive a specific MBMS service in a specific cell.

  Whether the radio bearer providing the specific MBMS service is a radio bearer for one-to-many transmission, a radio bearer for one-to-one transmission, or a radio bearer is not set by the aggregation process Judging. In order to select an MBMS radio bearer for a specific service, the UTRAN 100 sets a threshold for the number of UEs 10. Accordingly, when the number of UEs is small, a one-to-one MBMS radio bearer is set, and when the number of UEs is large, a one-to-many MBMS radio bearer is set.

  The radio bearer is set based on whether the participating UE 10 needs to be in the RRC connected state. When the 1-to-1 RB is set, all participating UEs 10 that want to receive the service are in the RRC connected state. When the one-to-many RB is set, it is not necessary that all participating UEs 10 that want to receive the service are in the RRC connection mode. This is because an idle UE can receive the MBMS service using the one-to-many RB. If there is no UE that intends to receive the specific MBMS service as a result of the aggregation, the UTRAN 100 does not set up a radio bearer and does not transmit MBMS service data. This is because radio resources are wasted by setting up a radio bearer even when there is no terminal to receive the service. Also, the UTRAN 100 transmits MBMS service data received from the core network 200 during one session of the MBMS service using the set radio bearer.

  In the counting process, the UTRAN 100 does not have information regarding the terminal in the RRC idle state. Therefore, when the UTRAN 100 requests the aggregation of the terminals in the RRC idle state that have subscribed to the specific MBMS service, the terminal forms an RRC connection with the UTRAN 100 and informs the UTRAN 100 that it is about to receive the specific MBMS service. Must be notified.

  However, when the terminal forms a signaling connection with an SGSN (Serving GPRS Support Node), the SGSN notifies the UTRAN 100 of information related to the MBMS of the terminal. The information includes a list of MBMS services to which the terminal is subscribed. Accordingly, since the UTRAN 100 can grasp whether the terminal subscribes to the specific MBMS service, the terminal does not respond to the aggregation request of the UTRAN 100. Also, a terminal that is not in signaling connection with the SGSN but is in an RRC connection state can notify the UTRAN 100 of the MBMS service to which it has subscribed when it forms an RRC connection with the UTRAN 100. Therefore, the UTRAN 100 can count the number of terminals that intend to receive the specific MBMS service even if the terminal in the RRC connection state does not transmit a response.

  The UTRAN 100 can perform the counting process not only in the initial stage of the MBMS service but also in the middle of one session of the MBMS service. This is because a terminal that tries to receive the MBMS service in one cell by moving to another cell, turning off power, or stopping the subscription of the MBMS service during the MBMS session. This is because the number may change. Therefore, the UTRAN 100 can perform the counting process during the MBMS session in order to set up a radio bearer more efficiently.

  However, in this counting process, if the number of terminals trying to receive the MBMS service is grasped and a radio bearer is set, the following problem occurs. Since the terminal can acquire information on various MBMS services by the MBMS service guide, it can subscribe to a plurality of MBMS services. If the terminal remains in the RRC connected state, UTRAN 100 knows all MBMS services to which the terminal has subscribed. Therefore, when the UTRAN 100 performs a counting process for a certain MBMS service, the number of terminals that are in the RRC connection state and subscribe to the corresponding MBMS service is added to the number of terminals that the corresponding MBMS service is desired to be provided. .

  When receiving the services subscribed to by the terminal at the same time, there is a possibility that some of the subscribed services cannot be received due to the limited performance of the terminal. For example, it is assumed that a terminal subscribed to two MBMS services has one SCCPCH channel that can receive the MBMS service. If each MBMS service is transmitted on different SCCPCH channels using one-to-many RBs in one cell, the terminal has its own performance limit, and therefore, among the subscribed MBMS services, Only one service can be received. However, the UTRAN 100 cannot recognize that the terminal has failed to receive one of the MBMS services. As a result, the UTRAN 100 misunderstands that all the two MBMS services subscribed to by the terminal are received by performing the counting process. The UTRAN 100 sets a radio bearer based on this information.

  Errors that occur in the counting process waste wireless resources. For example, there are 6 terminals in one cell, all 6 terminals have subscribed to MBMS service A and MBMS service B, all 6 terminals are in RRC connection state, and service is provided on 1 SCCPCH. Assume that it can be received. In addition, the threshold for setting the point-to-multipoint radio bearer is 3, the MBMS service A is transmitted by the point-to-multipoint radio bearer in one cell, and the UTRAN 100 starts a session for the MBMS service B from the core network 200. Assume that a notification is received. In this case, the UTRAN 100 determines that there are six terminals that intend to receive the MBMS service B and sets up a one-to-many radio bearer.

  However, when the SCCPCH different from the SCCPCH used for transmitting the MBMS service A is used for transmitting the MBMS service B, the six terminals have limitations in their performance. Only one of A and B is received. Therefore, either the MBMS service A or the MBMS service B is received according to the user's selection. In addition, a situation may occur in which five terminals determine to receive the MBMS service A and one terminal receives the MBMS service B. In this case, since there is one terminal trying to receive the MBMS service B, the UTRAN 100 sets a one-to-one radio bearer because the number of terminals trying to receive the MBMS service B is smaller than the threshold value 3. There must be. However, the conventional UTRAN 100 sets up a one-to-many radio bearer for the MBMS service B because all six terminals erroneously count when trying to receive the MBMS service B. This error occurs when the UTRAN 100 does not know the terminal performance information or the user service selection information. Also, setting up a one-to-many radio bearer requires many times more resources than setting up a one-to-one radio bearer. As a result, radio resources are wasted due to errors in the aggregation process of the conventional method, and the number of services that can be simultaneously provided in one cell is limited.

  Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for transmitting and receiving services in a wireless communication system.

  Additional advantages and features of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon review of the following or by carrying out the invention. Other advantages and objects of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.

  To achieve this objective, the present invention is implemented in a method and system. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method for a mobile terminal to receive a service from a network in a wireless communication system sets up a first radio bearer and receives a service related to the first radio bearer; Receiving a service related to the second radio bearer after receiving the two radio bearer setting information and setting the second radio bearer, and between the service of the first radio bearer and the service of the second radio bearer Determining a priority, determining whether the mobile terminal can receive a service with a high priority when the second radio bearer is set, and maintaining the service with a high priority Including.

  The mobile terminal is in an RRC connection mode, the first radio bearer is a one-to-many radio bearer, and the second radio bearer is a one-to-one radio bearer. Alternatively, the first radio bearer is a one-to-one radio bearer, and the second radio bearer is a one-to-many radio bearer.

  More specifically, maintaining the high priority service includes rejecting setting of the second radio bearer. Further, the step of maintaining the high priority service includes the step of requesting the network to release the low priority service. The method further includes notifying the network of the high priority service.

  Further, the method includes a step of notifying the network of services that can be received by the mobile terminal. Alternatively, the method includes the step of notifying the network of services that the mobile terminal cannot receive.

  Further, the method includes transmitting priority information to the UTRAN. The method also includes transmitting priority information to the core network.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, a method in which a network transmits a service to a mobile terminal in a wireless communication system includes setting up a first radio bearer and transmitting a service related to the first radio bearer; After transmitting the second radio bearer setting information to the terminal to set the second radio bearer, transmitting the service related to the second radio bearer, the service related to the first radio bearer, and the second radio Receiving priority information related to a service having a higher priority among services related to a bearer from the mobile terminal; and transmitting the service having the higher priority according to the priority information received from the mobile terminal.

  The mobile terminal is in an RRC connection mode, the first radio bearer is a one-to-many radio bearer, and the second radio bearer is a one-to-one radio bearer. Alternatively, the first radio bearer is a one-to-one radio bearer, and the second radio bearer is a one-to-many radio bearer.

  More specifically, the priority information includes information for rejecting the second radio bearer setting. Further, the priority information includes information requesting cancellation of a service with a low priority. The method includes performing an aggregation process on services related to the second radio bearer.

  Furthermore, the method includes a step of notifying the network of services that can be received by the mobile terminal. Alternatively, the method includes notifying the network of services that the mobile terminal cannot receive. Further, the priority information is received by the UTRAN or by the core network.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving a service in a wireless communication system includes setting up a first radio bearer, receiving a first service related to the first radio bearer, and a second radio from the network. After receiving bearer setting information and setting up the second radio bearer, receiving a second service related to the second radio bearer, and a mobile terminal receiving both the first service and the second service Determining whether or not the mobile terminal can receive both the first service and the second service, determining which service to receive, and determining whether to receive the service. And notifying the network of a service to be received by the mobile terminal.

  Further, the step of determining whether the mobile terminal can receive both the first service and the second service includes comparing the second radio bearer setting information with the first radio bearer setting information. Including. In addition, the step of determining whether the mobile terminal can receive both the first service and the second service includes a step of comparing the second radio bearer setting information with the reception performance of the mobile terminal. .

  Further, the UTRAN performs a counting process for the second service related to the second radio bearer based on the information received from the mobile terminal.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving a service in a wireless communication system includes setting a first radio bearer to receive a first service related to the first radio bearer, and a second radio from the network. After receiving the bearer setting information and setting the second radio bearer, receiving the second service related to the second radio bearer, and the mobile terminal can receive both the first service and the second service Determining whether or not the mobile terminal receives both the first service and the second service, and determining which service to receive, based on the service determined to be received And notifying the network of services that the mobile terminal cannot receive.

  Further, the step of determining whether the mobile terminal can receive both the first service and the second service includes comparing the second radio bearer setting information with the first radio bearer setting information. Including. In addition, the step of determining whether the mobile terminal can receive both the first service and the second service further includes the step of comparing the second radio bearer setting information with the reception performance of the mobile terminal. Including.

  Further, the UTRAN performs a counting process for the second service related to the second radio bearer based on the information received from the mobile terminal. The counting process ends when the UTRAN is notified of services that the mobile terminal cannot receive.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, a method for a mobile terminal to receive a service in a wireless communication system includes: subscribing to a plurality of services; determining a priority between the plurality of services; and prioritizing a core network. Transmitting order information; and a core network transmitting the priority information to UTRAN, wherein the UTRAN is configured to receive the priority if each of the plurality of services is started or in service. Perform the counting process using the ranking information.

  Transmitting the priority information to the core network includes transmitting identifiers of the services in the order determined by the service priority. Alternatively, transmitting the priority information to the core network includes adding a priority value of each service to the identifier of each service and transmitting the identifier of each service to the core network.

  Further, the UTRAN determines that the mobile terminal receives the service in the order of a service with a higher priority to a service with a lower priority as determined by the mobile terminal.

  Further, the method includes transmitting reception performance information of a mobile terminal to the core network, and transmitting the reception performance information of the mobile terminal to the UTRAN. The UTRAN includes: When the plurality of services have started or are in service, a counting process is performed using the received reception performance information of the mobile terminal. In one aspect, the UTRAN determines a service received by the mobile terminal according to a reception performance limit of the mobile terminal.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, a method for a mobile terminal to receive a service in a wireless communication system includes: subscribing to a plurality of services; determining a priority between the plurality of services; Transmitting the priority information to the UTRAN performing the counting process using the priority information when the service is started or in service.

  Transmitting the priority information to the UTRAN includes transmitting identifiers of each service in an order determined by the priority of the service. Alternatively, transmitting the priority information to the UTRAN includes adding a priority value of each service to the identifier of each service, and transmitting the identifier of each service to the UTRAN.

  Further, the UTRAN determines that the mobile terminal receives the service in the order of the service with the highest priority to the service with the lower priority as determined by itself.

  Further, the method includes transmitting mobile terminal reception performance information to the UTRAN, wherein the UTRAN receives the reception performance of the mobile terminal when each of the plurality of services is started or in service. Perform the aggregation process using information. Further, the UTRAN determines a service received by the mobile terminal according to a limit of reception performance of the mobile terminal.

  The foregoing general description of the present invention and the following detailed description are presented solely for the purpose of illustrating and illustrating the embodiments and are provided for additional description of the present invention. It is obvious.

  By supporting more accurate counting of the number of terminals from which the UTRAN intends to receive MBMS services, radio resources allocated to the terminals and the UTRAN can be reduced. As a result, the terminal receives an MBMS service with a high priority.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the radio system is configured by a cell that provides a plurality of MBMS services, and the cell includes a mobile terminal or UE 10 and a UTRAN 100. The terminal 10 can subscribe to a plurality of MBMS services and transmits data to the UTRAN 100. Preferably, the data transmitted by the terminal 10 includes information on an MBMS service that the terminal is receiving or intends to receive. The UTRAN 100 manages radio resources based on information received from the terminal 10.

  In particular, the terminal 10 transmits data to the UTRAN 100 according to the following situation. The terminal 10 currently receiving the specific MBMS service receives from the UTRAN 100 an MBMS notification message related to another MBMS service to which the terminal 10 has already subscribed. After receiving the radio bearer setting information related to other MBMS services, the terminal 10 compares the received information with its own reception performance. When it is determined that the terminal 10 cannot receive all of the MBMS services that the cell subscribes to and the MBMS service to which the terminal 10 is subscribed, the terminal 10 sends to the UTRAN 100 the MBMS service to be received among all the services to which the terminal 10 subscribes. Notice.

  Further, the terminal 10 can transmit data to the UTRAN 100 according to the following situation. When the terminal 10 receives a specific MBMS service in an RRC connection state, any radio bearer setting information of the MBMS service received by the terminal 10 may change. The terminal 10 compares the changed radio bearer setting information with its reception performance. When it is determined that all of the services that the cell transmits and that the user subscribes to cannot be received, the terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 100 of the MBMS services that it intends to receive among all the services that it subscribes to. To do.

  The terminal 10 further transmits data to the UTRAN 100 in the following situation. When in the RRC connection state, the terminal 10 can selectively receive the MBMS service to which it is subscribed according to its reception performance. When the user selectively receives the service according to his / her preference, the received MBMS service is changed. When a change occurs due to the user's selection, the terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 100 of the MBMS service to be received among all the services subscribed to the UTRAN 100.

  The MBMS related information transmitted from the terminal 10 to the UTRAN 100 includes an MBMS service identifier. The service identifier notifies the UTRAN 100 of a service to be received by each terminal 10. The terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 100 not only of information related to combinations of MBMS services that can be received in each RRC state, but also its own MBMS service reception performance. For example, when the terminal is in the CELL_DCH state, the terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 100 whether or not the MBMS service transmitted by the one-to-many radio bearer (RB) can be received. When the terminal is in the CELL_FACH state, the terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 100 of the number of other SCCPCH that can receive the MBMS service transmitted simultaneously. When the service is transmitted in one cell, the UTRAN 100 uses the information to check which service the terminal 10 receives or does not receive.

  The UTRAN 100 performs a counting process for each MBMS service transmitted from the cell based on the MBMS related information received from the terminal 10. When the terminal 10 transmits data to the UTRAN 100, the UTRAN 100 receives MBMS service reception information from the terminal 10 in the RRC connection state. When the terminal 10 is subscribed and the cell is transmitting or the MBMS service to be transmitted is not included in the MBMS service reception information transmitted by the terminal 10, the UTRAN 100 The terminal 10 is excluded from the number of terminals or terminal lists that are to receive the service. The UTRAN 100 updates the number of terminals trying to receive the MBMS service and compares the number with a threshold. If necessary, the UTRAN 100 reconfigures a radio bearer for the MBMS service.

  Further, the UTRAN 100 can manage the terminal 10, where the terminal 10 is in an RRC connection state and subscribes to a specific MBMS service but cannot receive the specific service. In this case, the UTRAN 100 manages the terminal using a list composed of terminals that cannot receive the MBMS service or do not want to receive the MBMS service.

  According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the radio system is composed of cells that provide a plurality of MBMS services. The cell includes a mobile terminal or UE 10 and a UTRAN 100. The terminal 10 can subscribe to a plurality of MBMS services and transmits data to the UTRAN 100. Preferably, the data transmitted by the terminal 10 includes information on an MBMS service that the terminal cannot receive or does not want to receive. The UTRAN 100 manages radio resources based on information received from the terminal 10.

  Unlike the first embodiment, the terminal 10 is subscribed to and can receive or does not notify the UTRAN 100 of the MBMS service transmitted from the cell. Instead, the terminal 10 subscribes and notifies the UTRAN 100 of the MBMS services transmitted from the cell that cannot be received or are not received. In such a scheme, when the UTRAN 100 performs the counting process, the UTRAN 100 is directly notified of a list of MBMS services that the terminal 10 does not receive.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation between the terminal 10 and the UTRAN 100 according to the first and second embodiments. The cell is in session for MBMS service A. During the MBMS service A session, the UTRAN 100 transmits MBMS service data to the terminal 10. The terminal 10 according to the first and second embodiments receives the MBMS service A in the RRC connection state. The terminal 10 also subscribes to the MBMS service B.

  When a session start message related to the MBMS service B arrives from the core network 200 (S10), the UTRAN 100 performs a counting process on the MBMS service B (S20). Based on the result of the counting, the UTRAN 100 notifies the terminal 10 of radio bearer setting information related to the MBMS service B (S30).

  The terminal 10 subscribing to both the MBMS service A and the MBMS service B can receive both the MBMS service A and the MBMS service B based on the radio bearer setting information related to each MBMS service and its reception performance. Determine whether or not. If there is a service that cannot be received among the services subscribed to by the terminal, the terminal 10 determines which service is received (S40). Thereafter, the terminal notifies the UTRAN 100 of a list of MBMS services that it intends to receive based on the determination of the step (S40) (S50). Here, the terminal 10 can notify the UTRAN 100 of a list of MBMS services that the terminal 10 cannot receive, and can also notify both of the two lists.

  In the case of an MBMS service to which the terminal 10 is subscribed but cannot be received, the UTRAN 100 performs the counting process based on information received from the terminal 10 (S60). That is, the UTRAN 100 removes the terminal from the number of terminals or a list of terminals that are to receive the corresponding MBMS service. Thereafter, the UTRAN 100 compares the result of the counting process (S60) for each MBMS service with a threshold value. The UTRAN 100 notifies the terminal 10 of the changed information after resetting the radio bearer as necessary (S70).

  According to the third embodiment of the present invention, the radio system is configured by a cell that provides a plurality of MBMS services, and the cell includes a mobile terminal or UE 10 and a UTRAN 100. The terminal 10 can subscribe to a plurality of MBMS services, and determines a priority order among the subscribed MBMS services. When the priority order between the services is determined, the terminal 10 transmits the priority order information to a core network (CN) 200. The UTRAN 100 performs a counting process based on the priority information received from the terminal 10.

  When the terminal 10 subscribes to a predetermined MBMS service, the terminal determines priority between the subscribed MBMS services and notifies the system of the priority information. The priority information is stored in the CN 200. When the terminal forms a signaling connection with the SGSN, the UTRAN 100 receives the priority information from the CN 200. Thereafter, the UTRAN 100 uses the priority information during the counting process when each MBMS service has started or is in service.

  When the terminal 10 is in the RRC connection state, the UTRAN 100 knows the service reception performance of the terminal and the preference order of the terminal among the MBMS services to which the terminal is subscribed. Accordingly, when a plurality of services among the subscribed MBMS services are simultaneously in progress, the UTRAN 100 receives the services from the service with the highest priority to the service with the lower priority as determined by the terminal 10 itself. It is determined that a possible MBMS service is received. Further, the UTRAN 100 determines which MBMS service the terminal receives according to its reception performance limit.

  If it is determined that the terminal receives the MBMS service, the UTRAN 100 includes the terminal in the number of terminals that intend to receive the service while performing the counting process. After performing the counting process, if necessary, the UTRAN 100 resets the radio bearer and notifies the terminal 10 of the changed information.

  According to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the radio system is configured by a cell providing a plurality of MBMS services, and the cell includes a mobile terminal or UE 10 and a UTRAN 100. The terminal 10 can subscribe to a plurality of MBMS services, and determines a priority order among the subscribed MBMS services. When the priority order between the services is determined, the terminal 10 transmits the priority order information to the UTRAN 100. The UTRAN 100 performs a counting process based on the priority information received from the terminal 10.

  Unlike the third embodiment, the terminal 10 does not notify the CN 200 of the priority order among the MBMS services to which it is subscribed, but directly notifies the UTRAN 100 when it is in the RRC connection state. In this way, unnecessary message exchange between the UTRAN 100 and the CN 200 is reduced. Further, the terminal 10 can notify the UTRAN 100 of its priority information more quickly.

  In particular, when the terminal 10 enters an RRC connection state, the terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 100 of the priority order among MBMS services to which the terminal 10 is subscribed. Further, when the terminal 10 receives an MBMS message related to the MBMS service to which the terminal 10 is subscribed, the terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 100 of the priority order between the MBMS services.

  Further, every time the terminal resets the priority of each MBMS service in the RRC connected state, the terminal notifies the UTRAN 100 of the reset priority information. Accordingly, when receiving another MBMS service transmitted from a cell while receiving a predetermined MBMS service, the terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 100 of priority information of each MBMS service to which the terminal 10 is subscribed. The UTRAN 100 can see that the terminal 10 is about to receive or is receiving another MBMS service.

  When notifying the UTRAN 100 of the priority of each MBMS service, the terminal 10 transmits the identifier of each service to the UTRAN 100 in the order determined by the priority of the service. Alternatively, when transmitting the identifier of each service, the terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 100 of the priority of each MBMS service by adding a priority value of each service.

  Also, when notifying the UTRAN 100 of the priority order of each MBMS service, the terminal 10 transmits priority information related to all services to which the terminal 10 is subscribed, or is transmitted from a cell and It is also possible to transmit only priority information related to the MBMS service to which the terminal is subscribed.

  In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, operations of the terminal 10 and the UTRAN 100 when the radio bearer (RB) set for a predetermined MBMS service has to be changed will be described.

  When the UTRAN 100 changes the RB setting set for a predetermined MBMS service or transmits setting information for a new RB to the terminal, the terminal 10 receives the new RB setting information received from the UTRAN 100. Check. Accordingly, the changed RB may cause a situation in which the terminal 10 cannot receive a service that the terminal 10 intends to receive. In this case, according to the present invention, the terminal 10 notifies the UTRAN 10 that the service to be received cannot be received.

  In particular, when the terminal 10 receives a plurality of MBMS services by one-to-many RB in an RRC connection state, the terminal receives one command from the UTRAN 100 and receives one of the MBMS services to which the terminal 10 is subscribed. One-to-one RB is set for the above services. Thereafter, the terminal 10 confirms the setting information of the one-to-one RB. If the terminal 10 cannot receive an MBMS service having a high MBMS service priority received by the one-to-one RB set by the command of the UTRAN 100, the terminal 10 cannot accept the one-to-one RB setting. Notify UTRAN100. Further, the terminal 10 can notify the UTRAN 100 of a specific service that can set the one-to-one RB.

  In addition, when the terminal 10 receives a plurality of one-to-one RBMS MBMS services in an RRC connection state, the terminal receives an instruction from the UTRAN 100 and receives one or more MBMS services to which the terminal 10 is subscribed. One-to-many RB is set for the service. Thereafter, the terminal 10 confirms the setting information of the one-to-many RB. If the MBMS service having a higher priority than the MBMS service received by the one-to-many RB set by the command of the UTRAN 100 cannot be received, the terminal 10 cannot recognize the setting of the one-to-many RB. Notify Further, the terminal 10 can notify the UTRAN 100 of a specific service that can set the one-to-one RB.

  Also, when the UTRAN 100 receives a message that the terminal 10 cannot set an RB for a predetermined MBMS service according to the command of the UTRAN, the UTRAN 100 includes the terminal 10 in a list of terminals to receive the predetermined MBMS service. Readjust whether or not. If necessary, the UTRAN 100 adjusts the setting of the RB so that the terminal 10 can receive an MBMS service having a high priority.

  FIG. 5 shows operations of the terminal 10 and the TRAN 100 when the RB type set for a specific MBMS service is changed during one session. In FIG. 5, it is assumed that the terminal receives MBMS service A and MBMS service B, and the priority of MBMS service A is higher than the priority of MBMS service B. Further, it is assumed that the terminal 10 is in an RRC connection state.

  The UTRAN 100 performs a counting process on the newly received MBMS service B (S110). Thereafter, when it is determined that the RB type set for the MBMS service B has been changed based on the result of the counting process, the UTRAN 100 notifies the terminal 10 of the new setting information of the RB (S120). ).

  When receiving the setting information from the UTRAN 100, the terminal 10 confirms RB setting information of each MBMS service using the received information. Thereafter, the terminal confirms whether the MBMS service A having a high priority can be received (S130). If it is determined that the MBMS service A cannot be received as a result of the confirmation, the terminal notifies the UTRAN 100 that the MBMS service A cannot be received (S140).

  Although the present invention has been described in the context of mobile communications, it can also be applied to other wireless communication systems that use mobile devices such as PDAs and laptop computers with wireless communication characteristics. The specific terms used to describe the present invention do not limit the scope of the present invention to a specific wireless communication system such as UMTS. The present invention is further applicable to other wireless communication systems using other wireless interfaces such as TDMA, CDMA, FDMA, WCDMA and / or other physical layers.

  This embodiment can be implemented as a manufacturing method, apparatus, or product using standard programming and / or engineering techniques for producing software, firmware, hardware, or combinations thereof. Here, the term “product” refers to hardware logic (eg, integrated circuit chip, FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), etc., computer readable medium (eg, hard disk drive, floppy ( (Registered trademark) magnetic recording media such as disks and tapes), optical recording devices (CD-ROM, optical disks, etc.), or volatile / nonvolatile memory devices (eg EEPROM, ROM, PROM, RAM, DRAM, SRAM, firmware) , Program logic, etc.).

  Code in the computer readable medium is connected and executed by a processor. The code for executing this embodiment can be connected through a transmission medium or from a file server on a network. In that case, the product in which the code is executed includes a transmission medium such as a network transmission line, a wireless transmission medium, a signal transmitted through space, a radio wave, an infrared signal, and the like. Of course, a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field can make various modifications of such forms without departing from the gist of the present invention, and the product includes a known information transmission medium. It seems that you understand that you can.

  By implementing the present invention in various forms without departing from the spirit and important characteristics of the present invention, the present invention is not limited by any detailed description of the above-described embodiments, but is defined in the appended claims. It should be recognized that the present invention should be construed broadly within the spirit and scope of the present invention, and the technical protection scope of the present invention is defined by the technical idea of the appended claims. Should be determined.

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1 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional UMTS network structure. FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of a conventional radio interface protocol that conforms to the 3GPP radio access network standard. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a conventional MBMS service process in a multicast mode. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement between the terminal and network by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement between the terminal and network by one Embodiment of this invention, and shows the case where the type of the radio bearer set to the predetermined service is changed.

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A method for receiving a plurality of MBMS services at a mobile terminal from a network in a wireless communication system, comprising:
The method
Establishing a one-to-many radio bearer (RB) and receiving one or more MBMS services associated with the established one-to-many radio bearer;
Receiving one-to-one radio bearer configuration information from the network and establishing a one-to-one radio bearer (RB) to receive one or more MBMS services associated with the one-to-one radio bearer;
Determining a priority of the one or more MBMS services associated with the one-to-many radio bearer and the one or more MBMS services associated with the one-to-one radio bearer;
Determining whether the mobile terminal can receive all MBMS services associated with the one-to-many radio bearer;
If the determining step does not allow the mobile terminal to receive all of the MBMS services associated with the one-to-many radio bearer, an ongoing low-priority MBMS service associated with the one-to-many radio bearer Ending reception and starting receiving the highest priority MBMS service associated with the one-to-many radio bearer;
The one-to-one radio bearer is established when reception of the one-to-one radio bearer of a low priority MBMS service blocks or prevents reception of a one-to-many radio bearer of a high priority MBMS service Sometimes rejecting the setting of the one-to-one radio bearer or transmitting a request to release the one-to-one radio bearer when the one-to-one radio bearer already exists
Including a method. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the one-to-one radio bearer setup is rejected, the network does not attempt to re-establish the one-to-one radio bearer setup for the low priority MBMS service and session. . The method of claim 1, wherein when a request to release the one-to-one radio bearer is received by the network, the network releases the one-to-one radio bearer upon reception. When the mobile terminal cannot receive all of the MBMS services related to the one-to-many radio bearer, the mobile terminal causes the upper layer to determine the priority of the MBMS service and to determine the priority The method of claim 1, wherein a request is made to initiate the release of an unprioritized MBMS service that causes a hindrance to reception of a designated MBMS service. If reception of the prioritized MBMS service is blocked or prevented by one or more MBMS services provided via the one-to-one radio bearer, the mobile terminal may change the MBMS to the network. The method of claim 1, wherein a request message is used to request termination of the one or more MBMS services. The method of claim 5, wherein the MBMS change request message includes at least one of a prioritized MBMS service identity and a one-to-one radio bearer used for a corresponding MBMS service. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is in an RRC connection mode. The method of claim 1, further comprising: notifying the network of the prioritized MBMS service. The determination of whether the mobile terminal can receive all MBMS services related to the one-to-many radio bearer is performed by comparing the one-to-one radio bearer configuration information and the reception performance of the mobile terminal. The method according to claim 1. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network performs an aggregation process for the one or more MBMS services associated with the one-to-one radio bearer based on priority information received from the mobile terminal. . The method according to claim 10, wherein the counting process is terminated when the mobile terminal notifies the network of one or more MBMS services that the mobile terminal cannot receive. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more determined MBMS services are transmitted to the network together with an identifier of each MBMS service in an order determined according to the priority of the one or more MBMS services. . The method according to claim 12, wherein a priority value of each MBMS service is added to the identifier of each MBMS service. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network determines which services the mobile terminal receives according to a limit of reception performance information of the mobile terminal. A method for transmitting a plurality of MBMS services from a network to a mobile terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising:
The method
Establishing a one-to-many radio bearer (RB) and transmitting one or more MBMS services associated with the established one-to-many radio bearer;
Establishing one-to-one radio bearer (RB) by transmitting one-to-one radio bearer configuration information to the mobile terminal to transmit one or more MBMS services related to the one-to-one radio bearer;
If the mobile terminal cannot receive all of the MBMS services related to the one-to-many radio bearer, it starts transmission of the highest priority MBMS service related to the one-to-many radio bearer. The highest priority MBMS service is determined by determining a priority of the one-to-many radio bearer and one or more MBMS services associated with the one-to-one radio bearer;
When the reception of the low priority MBMS service of the one-to-one radio bearer by the mobile terminal blocks or prevents the reception of the high-priority MBMS service of the one-to-many radio bearer, the one-to-one radio bearer Rejecting the setting of the one-to-one radio bearer when established, or receiving a request to release the one-to-one radio bearer from the mobile terminal when the one-to-one radio bearer already exists When
Including a method. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein re-establishment of the one-to-one radio bearer configuration for the low priority MBMS service and session is not performed after the one-to-one radio bearer configuration is rejected. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising releasing the one-to-one radio bearer upon receiving a request to release the one-to-one radio bearer. The one or more MBMS services if reception of the prioritized MBMS service by the mobile terminal is blocked or prevented by one or more MBMS services provided via the one-to-one radio bearer The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving an MBMS change request message for terminating. The method of claim 18, wherein the MBMS change request message includes at least one of a prioritized MBMS service identity and a one-to-one radio bearer used for a corresponding MBMS service. The method according to claim 15, wherein the mobile terminal is in an RRC connection mode. The method of claim 15, further comprising performing an aggregation process on the MBMS service associated with the one-to-one radio bearer. An apparatus for receiving a plurality of MBMS services at a mobile terminal from a network in a wireless communication system,
The apparatus comprises a receiver and a processor,
The receiver is adapted to establish a one-to-many radio bearer (RB) and receive one or more MBMS services associated with the established one-to-many radio bearer;
The receiver receives one-to-one radio bearer configuration information from the network and establishes a one-to-one radio bearer (RB) in order to receive one or more MBMS services related to the one-to-one radio bearer. Is adapted as
The processor is adapted to determine a priority of the one or more MBMS services associated with the one-to-many radio bearer and the one or more MBMS services associated with the one-to-one radio bearer;
The processor is adapted to determine whether the mobile terminal can receive all MBMS services associated with the one-to-many radio bearer;
If the mobile terminal cannot receive all of the MBMS services associated with the one-to-many radio bearer, it terminates the reception of ongoing reception of the low priority MBMS service associated with the one-to-many radio bearer Receiving the highest priority MBMS service associated with the one-to-many radio bearer,
The one-to-one radio bearer is established when reception of the one-to-one radio bearer of a low priority MBMS service blocks or prevents reception of a one-to-many radio bearer of a high priority MBMS service At times, the apparatus for transmitting the request to release the one-to-one radio bearer when the setting of the one-to-one radio bearer is rejected or the one-to-one radio bearer already exists. A network for transmitting a plurality of MBMS services from a network to a mobile terminal in a wireless communication system,
The network comprises a transmitter;
The transmitter is adapted to establish a one-to-many radio bearer (RB) and transmit one or more MBMS services associated with the established one-to-many radio bearer;
The transmitter establishes a one-to-one radio bearer (RB) by transmitting one-to-one radio bearer configuration information to the mobile terminal to transmit one or more MBMS services related to the one-to-one radio bearer. Adapted to
The transmitter transmits the highest priority MBMS service associated with the one-to-many radio bearer when the mobile terminal cannot receive all of the MBMS services associated with the one-to-many radio bearer. Adapted to start,
The highest priority MBMS service is determined by determining a priority of the one-to-many radio bearer and one or more MBMS services associated with the one-to-one radio bearer;
The one-to-one radio bearer is established when reception of the one-to-one radio bearer of a low priority MBMS service blocks or prevents reception of a one-to-many radio bearer of a high priority MBMS service Sometimes, a network in which a request to release the one-to-one radio bearer is transmitted when the one-to-one radio bearer setup is rejected or the one-to-one radio bearer already exists.

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